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.Dd $Mdocdate: August 25 2014 $
.Dt VMWPVS 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm vmwpvs
.Nd VMware Paravirtual SCSI
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "vmwpvs* at pci?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for storage controllers using the
Paravirtual SCSI interface a VMware hypervisor can provide to its guests.
.Sh EXAMPLES
The following entry must be added to the VMware configuration file
to provide the
.Nm
device:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
scsi0.virtualDev = "pvscsi"
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr pci 4 ,
.Xr scsi 4
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver first appeared in
.Ox 5.5 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An David Gwynne .
